GAM Star Absolute Return Bond Defender EUR Inst Ac

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Timothy Haywood is the investment director business-unit head for fixed income for GAM. Haywood joined GAM in 2009, following the merger with Augustus (then Julius Baer Investments Limited). He had previously worked as both CIO and CEO for Augustus, and has also held roles at Orient Overseas (International) and Chemical Global Investors Limited. Haywood attended the University of Edinburgh where he received a BSc in Chemical Engineering, and also holds a MBA from the University of Cranfield.

Daniel Sheard is an Investment Director, responsible for the absolute return bond family of funds and various long only fixed income mandates. Mr Sheard joined GAM following its acquisition of fixed income and foreign exchange specialist, Augustus, in May 2009. He joined Augustus (then Julius Baer Investments Limited) in 2006 as deputy chief investment officer and became chief investment officer in 2008. Mr Sheard previously worked at Prudential M&G, where he was a director of the Institutional Fixed Income group. Prior to that he was a principal within the Advanced Strategies group at Barclays Global Investors, and before that was an associate director within the Fixed Income unit at Schroders. Mr Sheard holds a BSc (Hons) in Financial Services from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, a Postgraduate Diploma of Law from Nottingham Trent University, and is a charterholder of the Chartered Institute of Bankers. He is based in London.

Objective

The investment objective of the Fund is to invest at least 85% of its assets in the Julius Baer Multibond Absolute Return Bond Defender Fd, the investment objective of which is to achieve a long term positive (absolute) return in both rising and falling financial markets while observing the principle of risk diversification. The Master Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing in fixed-interest and floating rate debt securities. These securities are issued by companies, quasi-state entities and governments. The selection may be made from debt securities of all levels of creditworthiness, maturities and in all currencies.

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